This lasted but an instant, then Cary spoke.

"In that letter, Judge Roane, 'Aurelius' had no thought of Aaron Burr.

I doubt if in writing he meant to give to any image recognizable face and form.

I think that, very largely, he believed himself but personifying the powers of evil and the tendencies thereto inherent in the Democrat-Republican as in all human doctrine.

If he builded better than he knew, if he held the mirror up, if, in short, there's any whom the cap fits"-- He paused a moment, then said sternly, "Let the wearer, whoever he may be, look to his steps!" and turned to face Rand.